Welcome to Blackpast

BlackPast - African American and Global African History

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Alexander Ashbourne's biscuit-cutter, Patent No. 170,460, November 30, 1875
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Alexander P. Ashbourne (1820-1915)
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(1898) Alexander Crummell, “The Attitude of the American Mind Toward the Negro Intellect,”
Samuel Robert Cassius
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Samuel Robert Cassius (1853-1931)
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Shani Davis (1982- )

Explore Global African History

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Zhou Enlai’s African “Safari” (1963-1964)
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Foday Saybana Sankoh (1937–2003)
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1886- )
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Harlem Désir (1959- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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The History of Black History Month
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Trans-Atlantic Food Migration: The African Culinary Influence on the Cuisine of the Americas
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Slavery in Oregon: The Reuben Shipley Saga
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African Americans in Medicine in the Civil War Era

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators